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End of the day, since it is a ESEE I added it to my collection. Though I would like to see something along the lines of the Izula folder down the road maybe their take on a 3 or 4. Hopefully this is just a test run for many better ones down the road

In reference to deployment stiffness with tip up carry, it looks like the springyness of the pocket clip is pushing on the top portion of the frame lock adding friction to the base of the blade on deployment. Nice looking knife though, and great review!

I had the rat 2 but couldn’t with the way the blade is raised higher than the handle I thought it made it a little bit more difficult to pierce various packages that I was opening. In the market now for a zancudo. One of these days I want to do a road trip to blade hq. We don’t have stores dedicated to knives here in Illinois.

Good comparison of the Rat2. I just picked up mine in December & have been thoroughly impressed with it, but this is about the Zancudo. I’m going to have to agree with you & TheApostleP on the flimsy scale. Those Taiwan produced knives are just good bang for your buck. Much better than other over seas blades twice in money IMO.
Great review as always

Love the colors. Thanks for comparing it to other blades. When I saw the introduction of this blade from BladeHQ months ago, I couldn’t get a visual scale of the size. This review has helped me greatly. Now I do want this in my line-up.

The reason The knife got stiff when you changed the clip position is because end of the clip now rides directly on the “moving” part of the frame-lock. The added pressure on the top of the frame lock puts the pressure on the base of the knife blade, making the opening stiff. WD-40 fixes this completely.

I had absolutely no idea this existed, I just sold my RAT 1 to my friend as his first actual folder (besides some cheap crap I gave him before) and was about to buy another until I saw this review, thank you so much.

Whoa, wait…did you just say the Griptilian beats out all including the Recon? That cold steel will out live in every aspect any knife double it’s price….geeez, was on my soap box there for a second.
Good review, I’ve been on the fence about the Zancudo.

Best beater knife I own. Spent 9 months straight in front pants pockets. Just rotated it out to give other knives a chance. It’s the most practical folder I have that allows access to other items in my pocket (usually, an iPhone 4s). Narrow, thin, right blade size, right weight, great clip and no pocket damage from the SS slab side. I’m going to pass on the Avispa…just don’t see the use for it given my uses and my choice for EDC knife placement.

Got the red and black from blade hq found it a bit hard to disengage the frame lock. Kinda been sitting around in its box for a while because of that. Prefere the rat myself. Once again great review though.